Zelfportret van Rienk Jelgerhuis
1749 - 1806
Medium
etching
Dimensions
92; 115
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
This self-portrait by Dutch artist Rienk Jelgerhuis offers a personal glimpse into the creator’s world during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Executed as an etching measuring just 115 by 92 millimeters, the compact print invites close viewing, revealing the intimate scale at which Jelgerhuis chose to present himself. Etching, with its capacity for delicate line work and tonal nuance, was a favored medium for artists seeking both precision and wider circulation of their images. As a self-portrait, the work carries particular significance, allowing the artist to control his ...
About the Artist
Rienk Jelgerhuis · 1729–1806
Rienk Jelgerhuis (1729–1806) was a prolific Dutch portrait painter, engraver, and draftsman whose extraordinary productivity—producing no fewer than 7,763 documented portraits during his career—made him one of the most industrious portraitists of the eighteenth-century Netherlands. Born in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden and dying in Amsterdam, Jelgerhuis built his reputation as an itinerant por...